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zentaied adj. Drunk since last orders, and wrapped so tightly in the evening that even the arms have disappeared. Lamir arrived zentaied, moving through the saloon bar as though every inch had been claimed by Lycra. zenzenited adj. Drunk by the third round, and heavy with leaden certainty whenever anyone suggests going home. Yaren became zenzenited beside the fruit machine and required two friends to relocate him. zenzizenzicked adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that every modest quantity has been raised to the fourth power. Tigre was zenzizenzicked, reporting four pints as sixteen and the walk home as an expedition. zenzizenzizenzicked adj. Still drunk, and dealing in eighth powers when a simple count of pints would have sufficed. Duvon remained zenzizenzizenzicked at breakfast, describing yesterday's two rounds as an eighth-power undertaking. zenzizenzizenzizenziked adj. Too drunk to count the rounds without raising each number to the sixteenth power. Roselene was zenzizenzizenzizenziked and found sixteen pints in a receipt for one. zeocinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to kill conversation across a broad spectrum, while remaining oddly effective at ordering crisps. Kalyiah went zeocinned after the fourth gin and silenced the snug with one comprehensive anecdote. zeolited adj. Having drunk enough to become porous, absorbing every rumour and releasing water whenever heated. Zaylah got zeolited and retained the landlord's gossip until someone mentioned the tab. zeolitited adj. Having drunk more than the bar's absorbent capacity, and now chiefly composed of porous certainty. Savannahjo was zeolitited by midnight, holding three conversations in the same porous frame of mind. zeolitizationed adj. You have drunk enough to undergo gradual conversion into something porous, thirsty and difficult to separate from the bar. Krishon became zeolitizationed over the course of the session and absorbed every spare coaster. zeomycinned adj. You are drunk and treating every exchange as an infection requiring a broad-spectrum response. Allam went zeomycinned and administered the same long story to every table. zeoned adj. Of a drinker: adding warm water to every glass, as though presiding over a small Byzantine service. Aymara got zeoned and solemnly topped each half with hot water from the tea urn. zeophyllited adj. Of a drinker who has become white, pearly and quietly altered by whatever was served after supper. Shelaya looked zeophyllited beneath the pub lights and declined to discuss the colour. zeorinned adj. Describing a drinker who has absorbed one obscure organic compound too many and now clings to the wall. Cherylle was zeorinned beside the dartboard, greenish in mood and unavailable for further chemistry. zeoscoped adj. A drinker who estimates the strength of every glass by how quickly it brings on the boil. Brigett went zeoscoped, testing each new measure by the temperature of her increasingly confident opinions. zeotroped adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening has separated into vapour, spirit and a taxi home. Scheherazade became zeotroped, leaving the pub in successive phases and none of them together. zeotyped adj. The state of being drunk and artificially porous, with every fresh remark finding a ready vacancy. Nermeen was zeotyped, absorbing the quiz answers and releasing invented ones before the host finished speaking.